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Sunday, January 23, 2011

One Hour Dungeon

Well, I caught the "One Hour Dungeon" bug and finally had time yesterday to sit down and map one out. I am a somewhat slow mapper even in the best of times, so in actuality my "One Hour" map is really a one hour and forty three minute map -- the exact duration of Paul Verhoeven's Robocop, to be exact. Part of this slowness factor is that I frequently shade in unused areas as a I go, in order to keep my own head straight.

It is as yet un-keyed but I have a couple features -- one fountain and two teleporter pads -- delineated. Also note that the area on the left side of the map with rooms and passages inscribed in dotted lines is submerged underwater. I was inspired to add the water (presumably an underground lake or some kind of excessive seepage) once I got close to the one-hour mark and thought I wouldn't have time to fill in that corner of the map at all. Then I decided "Screw it!" and gave myself the nearly-two-hours I needed to complete the 8.5 x 11" page and to fill in the submerged sections.

Also note that not all the non-usable areas that should be shaded in are shaded yet -- just the ones I filled in as I drew. There are still a few of those left to shadow in, as well as a couple more "special features" to add -- for which I almost always turn to Al's Random Area Name Generator for inspiration.

3 comments:

I love seeing the different directions people are taking this. I also fill in my blank spaces as I go. It makes it much easier for me to see where to keep going. Sometimes the empty space is just as important as the mapped space.

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